More than 30 years after New York City switched from tokens to the magnetic swipe of a MetroCard to ride its subways and ...
Fellow collagist Nina Boesch estimates she has around 90,000 MetroCards stashed in her West Village studio — enough to last ...
NEW YORK -- When the MetroCard replaced the New York City subway token in 1994, the swipeable plastic card infused ...
For more than three decades, lifelong New Yorkers and tourists visiting the Big Apple have shared the experience of a MetroCard swipe gone wrong. Swiping the transit card too fast or too slow, with ...
Thirty years ago, the newfangled method of paying for New York City’s buses and subways seemed like cutting-edge technology.
The MetroCard, a fixture of New York City transit for more than three decades, is nearing the end of its run. The ...
The MetroCard isn’t dead yet, but some New Yorkers are already in mourning. Hundreds of heartbroken visitors flocked to a ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — With the Metropolitan Transportation Authority transitioning to the OMNY tap-and-ride system, all ...
The floppy plastic fare card is retiring this month, after three decades of production at this high-security facility in ...
Do we really need all that stuff? Shouldn’t they be fixing the subway stations? They keep spending money on stuff we don’t ...
On 31, New York City will officially retire the transit system's MetroCard, that ubiquitous piece of plastic used to gain ...